Splunk for Analytics and Data Science (SADS) – Details

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Topic 1 – Analytics Workflow

  • Define terms related to analytics and data science
  • Describe the analytics workflow
  • Describe common usage scenarios
  • Navigate Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit

Topic 2 – Exploratory Data Analysis

  • Describe the purpose of data exploration
  • Identify SPL commands for data exploration
  • Split data for testing and training using the sample command

Topic 3 – Predict Numeric Fields with Regression

  • Differentiate predictions from estimates
  • Identify prediction algorithms and assumptions
  • Describe the fit and apply commands
  • Model numeric predictions in the MLTK and Splunk Enterprise
  • Use the score command to evaluate models

Topic 4 – Clean and Preprocess the Data

  • Define preprocessing and describe its purpose
  • Describe algorithms that preprocess data for use in models
  • Choose relevant fields
  • Reduce dimensionality
  • Normalize data
  • Preprocess text

Topic 5 – Cluster Data

  • Define Clustering
  • Identify clustering methods, algorithms, and use cases
  • Use Smart Clustering Assistant to cluster data
  • Evaluate clusters using silhouette score
  • Validate cluster coherence
  • Describe clustering best practices

Topic 6 – Anomaly Detection

  • Define anomaly detection and outliers
  • Identify anomaly detection use cases
  • Use Splunk Machine Learning ToolKit Smart Outlier Assistant
  • Detect anomalies using the Density Function algorithm
  • Optimize anomaly detection with Local Outlier Factor
  • View results with the Distribution Plot visualization

Topic 7 – Estimation and Prediction

  • Differentiate predictions from forecasts
  • Use the Smart Forecasting Assistant
  • Use the StateSpaceForecast algorithm
  • Forecast multivariate data
  • Account for periodicity in each time series

Topic 8 – Classification

  • Define key classification terms
  • Use classification algorithms
  • Evaluate classifier tradeoffs
  • Evaluate results of multiple algorithms